What is the greatest length a person would go to protect their reputation or even to beat out their competitor? In the play, Romeo and Juliet, two characters are both selfish and guided by self-preservation which costs them the lives of two teens. Romeo and Juliet is a play about two rivaling families who prevent their children's love. Romeo and Juliet plan to continue their secret love in another city but there is a dark turn of events in which they take their own lives. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, the Friar and the Capulets are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they both acted selfishly in their choices and were guided by self-preservation. In the play, Romeo and Juliet, The Friar is to blame for the deaths of the teens because he was selfish in the decisions he made to protect his reputation. After the death of Juliet, Friar Laurence is caught hiding outside the tomb. The Friar is accused of knowing what happened to Juliet by the Prince. The Friar comes up with excuses of why he was hiding to the Prince and denies the accusations made against him. As he confesses the whole story, Friar Laurence partially blames himself for the deaths. But he mainly changes the topic to change the Prince’s point of view by saying he heard a noise in the tomb that scared him and prevented Juliet from going with him. “But then a noise did scare me from the tomb,/ And she, too desperate, would …show more content…
This example shows that Friar was selfish and lied about why he left the tomb. It was to protect his reputation in front of the Prince, Friar also appears as selfish when he shifts the Prince’s attention by saying that Juliet did violence on herself. This example show that Friar was selfish because he could have prevented the lost lives by going to the Prince for help. Overall, Friar shows his selfishness by shifting attention away from himself to protect his